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# apprentice

«apprentice» in Mova's school dictionary: **A young person who learns a trade or skill by working…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an apprentice, apprentices); verb (be apprenticed to)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A young person who learns a trade or skill by working with a skilled worker, usually for a set time and a small wage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprentice/#m1)

2) A beginner learning from an expert in any field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprentice/#m2)

3) (verb, passive) «be apprenticed to» means to be sent to work and learn under a master. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprentice/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In adult life apprentices train as builders, mechanics, hairdressers and chefs. In stories the apprentice learns from a wizard, a blacksmith or a ship's captain (The Sorcerer's Apprentice). Phrases: «an apprentice electrician», «apprentice to», «be apprenticed to».

### examples

- My brother is an apprentice plumber. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprentice/#x1)
- In the story the wizard's apprentice caused a flood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprentice/#x2)
- She was apprenticed to a dressmaker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprentice/#x3)
- Apprentices learn by watching and doing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprentice/#x4)
- The apprentice swept the workshop floor every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprentice/#x5)
- After four years the apprentice became a master carpenter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprentice/#x6)
- "What should you say, uncle, to taking me as an apprentice? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprentice/#x7)

### note

Countable. «An apprentice» (vowel sound). The training period is an apprenticeship. In stories the apprentice often makes a mistake when the master is away.

### In the corpora

- [Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur was as thine apprentice in traffic.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.709/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «apprentice» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprentice/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.